Detlef Schrempf did not mince words over fellow NBA All-Star John Stockton’s wild COVID-19 takes. Stockton, arguably Gonzaga’s most famous alum, had his season tickets for home basketball games suspended over his refusal to comply with the university’s mask mandate. Schrempf quote tweeted an article from the Spokesman-Review that discussed Stockton’s history of nonfactual COVID-19
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0 of 8 Ron Hoskins/Getty Images The omicron outbreak has been relentless in the real world and pervasive in the NBA realm. With players perpetually moving in and out of the health and safety protocols, clubs have been forced to call upon a number of unexpected names—some familiar, some off the radar—to cover those gaps.
Real Madrid announced that Rudy Fernandez will miss a few days of action, after testing positive for Covid-19. The Spanish forward will stay in quarantine for seven days, according to Covid-19 protocols. Therefore, the “Whites” expect him to return to action in 10 days. Real Madrid saw almost the entire team and head coach Pablo
“Our entire pandemic response has been inequitable, and it’s our capitalist economy. It’s so inequitable that Google gets to give tests to the rich people, and the poor people don’t [get tests],” said Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, who studies infectious diseases. “The private schools get
Sacramento Kings forward Robert Woodard II entered NBA health and safety protocols prior to Wednesday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers at …
The NBA announced that the Bulls’ next two games would be postponed due to COVID-19 reasons, resulting in their next game against the Lakers being pushed from 2:30 pm CT to 7 CT. The delay gives both teams time for additional COVID-19 testing and results. Our game against the Lakers on Sunday (originally scheduled for
According to multiple reports, the Kings canceled their Tuesday practice and have “growing concerns” about a possible outbreak amongst players and coaches postponing their game against the Grizzlies on Friday. Sources: The Sacramento Kings are having a COVID-19 outbreak of multiple positive tests among players and staffers, including Marvin Bagley, Alvin Gentry — with potentially
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Several teams across the NBA have suffered from outbreaks of COVID-19 in their locker rooms, and on Thursday, the Sacramento Kings joined that list. On Thursday, The Atheltic’s Shams Charania reported that the Sacramento Kings are experiencing an outbreak among a “handful of total players entering protocols along with several more staff members.” According to Charania, a
Alex Caruso will remain out of action for a few days, after entering the Covid-19 protocols of the NBA. The versatile guard will stay in quarantine for six days and will return to the lineup, provided he will have a negative PCR test. Alex Caruso was one of the very few Bulls players that hadn’t
Brooklyn Nets, like any other NBA team in the last month, went through a dramatic surge in cases with players losing games and the league deciding to postpone games. LaMarcus Aldridge, who recently got out of the NBA’s health and safety protocols, talked about the aftereffects of the virus as he was out for 15
The 2021-22 NBA season is being bombarded with the newest COVID-19 variant causing mayhem within multiple teams that have been forced to cancel practices, postpone games and sign emergency hardship exemptions while outbreaks are navigated among several organizations. Update: On Tuesday, League commissioner Adam Silver announced in an interview with Malika Andrews that the NBA
FC Barcelona saw three of its players clear Covid-19 protocols and return to practice. However, the team still has several players out. Pierre Oriola, Kyle Kuric and Nick Calathes are now ready to go after clearing quarantine. Oriola and Kuric have returned to practice. Meanwhile, Calathes is still recovering from a foot injury he suffered
Joe Ingles has entered the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols. The Utah Jazz were previously the only team without a player who had entered the protocols this season. Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell were the first two NBA players to test positive for COVID-19 when the pandemic began in March 2020.
We’ll never know for sure if Rudy Gobert was patient zero for COVID in the NBA — it’s certainly possible another player or players had it before him — but he was the first player known to test positive. It was March of 2020, long before there was a vaccine or protocols for players to
The first time that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, the NBA didn’t even have health and safety protocols. It shut down the league instead. This time, the Utah Jazz center might miss just a few days. Gobert has tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed Thursday on the virus-related protocols list — something that
EuroLeague Round 19 will not take place this week, as the competition suspended all games amid another Covid-19 outbreak. Zenit Saint Petersburg was the last team to report several positive Covid-19 cases. Therefore, they didn’t travel to Milano for the game vs Armani. The league will return to action next week with Rounds 20 and
The Utah Jazz placed center Rudy Gobert in the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols on Thursday. Gobert joins teammate Joe Ingles in protocols. Prior to Ingles’ placement in protocols earlier this week, the Jazz were the only team in the NBA to not place a player in protocols this season. Gobert was at the
Rudy Gobert has tested positive for COVID-19. Gobert had two negative rapid tests on Wednesday, but a PCR test has since returned positive for COVID-19. Gobert and Donovan Mitchell were the first NBA players to test positive for COVID-19 in March 2020. Joe Ingles entered the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols earlier this week.
It was head coach Monty Williams on Tuesday. Now Deandre Ayton, Jae Crowder and JaVale McGee have cleared the NBA COVID health and safety protocols, but the three Suns players will miss Thursday’s home game against the Los Angeles Clippers (19-19) for “return to competition reconditioning.” Williams cleared protocols and coached in Tuesday’s 123-110 win in New Orleans
Mike Budenholzer has entered the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols. Budenholzer becomes the 12th head coach to enter protocols this season. Marvin Ham will serve as acting head coach.
The N.B.A. has altered its coronavirus protocols to allow players and coaches who have tested positive but are asymptomatic to return to their teams sooner as a surge in cases has depleted several teams of their best players. The new rules will also permit those with low viral loads to follow this new protocol, even
FC Barcelona took to Twitter and revealed that 18 members of the club, both players and staff, have tested positive for Covid-19. Because of that situation, the Catalans will not travel to Moscow to face CSKA on Friday. The EuroLeague officially suspended the game on Wednesday. It is unclear yet if FC Barcelona will be
With the omicron variant running rampant, NBA rosters are in flux. Dallas Mavericks big man Kristaps Porzingis and Bulls guard Alex Caruso are among the many players in the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols. In related news, since Dec. 26, tighter protocols — stricter mask requirements, increased testing — have been in effect. These
INDIANAPOLIS — LaMarcus Aldridge pulled the curtain back on his bout with coronavirus. The Nets center said he not only dealt with symptoms while out with COVID-19, but is still suffering from the aftereffects. “Yeah. Even though you’re through it, you don’t go back to feeling normal. It was my first time getting it, so